Social Inequality
SAGE Publications Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-85702-918-8 (ISBN)
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"What makes this book stand out for me is that, as well as being theoretically informed and clearly written, its structure lends itself unmistakeably to teaching... If our aim is to teach truly engaged students, it should be our job to provide truly engaging materials. This is what you will find with this particular book. It will help to inform your disciplinary teaching of social inequality across the social sciences and it will provide a solid basis for your seminar work with students."
- Helen Jones, Higher Education Academy
"Warwick-Booth has provided a highly readable introductory text that will be accessible to everyone interested in this area of study, and I highly recommend it for those embarking on studies of social inequality."
- LSE Review of Books
What is the state of social inequality today? How can you situate yourself in the debates?
This is an essential book that not only introduces you to the key areas, definitions and debates within the field, but also gives you the opportunity to reflect upon the roots of inequality and to critically analyse power relations today. With international examples and a clear interdisciplinary approach throughout, the book encourages you to look at social inequality as a complex social phenomenon that needs to be understood in a global context. This book:
Looks at social divisions across societies
Explores global processes and changes that are affecting inequalities
Discusses social inequality in relation to class, gender and race
Examines current social policy approaches to explore how these relate to inequality
Reflects upon the potential solutions to inequalities
This engaging and accessible introduction to social inequality is an invaluable resource for students across the social sciences.
Louise Warwick-Booth is Senior Lecturer in Health Policy at Leeds Metropolitan University, UK.
Dr Louise Warwick-Booth is a sociologist with specific interests in health policy and social policy. She is a Reader and an Associate Director of the Centre for Health Promotion Research at Leeds Beckett University. She teaches on a wide range of modules including sociology for health, policy and politics of health, research design, communities and community health as well as global health. Louise’s research projects are diverse but focus on social inequalities and vulnerable populations such disadvantaged women experiencing abuse, Traveller and Gypsy communities and socially isolated older people. She evaluates interventions to improve the health of such vulnerable groups drawing upon various methods including feminist participatory approaches and creative tools in order to give people voice and actively participate in the research process. Her research has been used in practice to improve interventions during their delivery and in securing future funding for health promotion interventions in the voluntary sector. Louise has published several textbooks, including Global Health Studies (2018), Contemporary Health Studies: An Introduction 2nd Edition (2021, with colleagues), Creating Participatory Research (2021, with colleagues) as well as numerous journal articles.
Chapter 1: What is Social Inequality?
Conceptualising Social Inequality
Measuring Social Inequality
The Global Context of Inequality
Patterns of Contemporary Inequality
Subjective Inequality
Historical Inequality
Why Does Inequality Matter?
Why Does Inequality Persist?
Chapter 2: Social Divisions and Inequality: An Overview
Overview of Contemporary Inequality
Age
Explaining Age-based Divisions
Social Exclusion
Area Effects
Explaining Area-Based Divisions
Disability
Explaining Disability as a Social Division
Health Inequalities
Explaining Health Inequalities
Sexuality
Explaining Sexuality as a Social Division
Chapter 3: Social Divisions and Inequality: Social Class
What Is Social Class and Why Is It Important?
Measuring Social Class
Explaining Social Class Divisions
Social Status
Explaining Differences in Social Status
Inequalities and Stratification in Contemporary Society
Chapter 4: Social Divisions and Inequality: Gender
What is Gender?
Gender Inequalities
How Can We Measure Gender Equality?
Women and Inequalities: The Evidence
Women, Equality and Development
Women and Socioeconomic Outcomes
Women and Power
Explaining Female Inequality
What About Men?
Chapter 5: Social Divisions and Inequality: Ethnicity
What is Ethnicity?
Ethnic Inequalities
How Can We Measure Ethnic Inequalities?
Ethnicity and Inequalities: The Evidence
Health Inequalities
Explaining Ethnic Inequalities
Chapter 6: Globalization and the Global Dimensions of Inequality
Defining Globalization
Theorizing Globalization
Globalization Debated: Is Globalization Positive or Negative?
Globalisation and Economics
Global Politics: Global Governance
Ecological Unsustainability
Migration
Global Inequality
Why Is Globalization Disappointing in Development and Economic Terms?
What Is the Future of Global Inequality?
Chapter 7: The Global Social Policy Arena and Inequality
What Is Global Governance?
Why Do We Need Global Governance?
Key Global Policy Makers
Positive Global Governance
Negative Global Governance
Global Resistance
How does Global Governance Relate to Inequality?
Chapter 8: Social Policy and Its Relationship to Inequality: Facilitator or Potential Solution?
Introduction to Social Policy
Welfare Policy
How do Ideological and Political Values Impact on Inequalities?
Fiscal Policy
The Impact of the 2008 Recession
Debt Advice
Policy to Encourage People to Take Up Work
Increasing Social Mobility Through Policy
Poverty and State Approaches: Social Policy
Policy, Capitalism and Inequality
Fiscal Policy and Financial Regulation
Chapter 9: Solutions to Inequality: How do we create a more equal global society?
What Is the Challenge?
Is Technology the Answer?
Is Social Policy the Answer?
Reform of Global Governance
An Alternative View of Poverty
Strategies to Tackle Poverty
What About More Development and Growth?
Creating Greater Equality
Ideological Change?
The Future of Social Inequality
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 23.10.2013 |
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| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 170 x 242 mm |
| Gewicht | 400 g |
| Themenwelt | Schulbuch / Wörterbuch |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-85702-918-5 / 0857029185 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-85702-918-8 / 9780857029188 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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